By Eduardo Baptista and Liam Mo

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s market regulator on Monday said that a preliminary investigation had found that U.S. chip giant Nvidia had violated the country’s anti-monopoly law.

The brief statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation did not elaborate on how the U.S. company, known for its artificial intelligence and gaming chips, might have violated China’s anti-monopoly laws.

China in December launched an investigation into Nvidia over what it said were suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, a probe that was widely seen as a retaliatory shot against Washington’s curbs on the Chinese chip sector.

The Chinese regulator also said the U.S. chipmaker was also suspected of violating commitments it made during its acquisition

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